The story is adapted from Little Red Riding Hood and is set in the Caribbean. A teenage girl named [name] is sent by her mother to bring patties to her grandmother's house. Along the way, she eats most of the patties. She is then confronted by a wolf-like man who wants the remaining patties. [Name] runs to her grandmother's house to escape the man. When they arrive, the grandmother scares away the man with a beating. However, [name] is then confronted by her grandmother about eating the other patties.

1. Original vs. Adaptation
By Marcus Thomas & Tesfah Watkins-Scott

2. Exposition
Original Adaptation
 Once upon a time in the middle of a Once upon a time at the end of a dark
thick forest stood a small woods lived a young girl who loved patties
cottage, the home of a pretty little in a beautiful household named (think of a
girl known to everyone as Little Red name).
Riding Hood.

3. Development
Original Adaptation
 . One day, her Mummy waved One day, (name) Caribbean mother told (name) to
her goodbye at the garden “Bring round a basket of patties to your Grandma
gate, saying: "Grandma is ill. Josephine’s,” however (name) tried to defy her mother
Take her this basket of cakes, saying “No mum I got a motive today” because she
but be very careful. Keep to never wanted to go.
the path through the wood Sooooo….
and don't ever stop. That way, Her mother beat her. SMACK!!
you will come to no harm."
Now that she had changed her mind, her mother gave
Little Red Riding Hood her a set of rules to get to her grandmother’s safely.
kissed her mother and ran off. “Stay towards the path in the woods” (name) replied
"Don't worry," she said, "I'll “Yes mum,” whilst rolling her eyes. She then picked up
run all the way to Grandma's the basket full of patties and headed on her way out with
without stopping." a sly grin on her face, till she heard her mother shout
“Don’t even think about eating any of those patties
ya’kna!!”

4. Complication
Original Adaptation
 Huffing and puffing, the teenage girl went on
Full of good intentions, the little girl made
her way through the wood, but she was soon with her journey through the woods, but
to forget her mother's wise words. "What everything her mother had told her went in
lovely strawberries! And so red." one ear and straight out the other.
Before she knew it the tasty patties began to
Laying her basket on the ground, Little Red give out a delicious aroma, which flowed
Riding Hood bent over the strawberry plants. directly to her nose. “What a nice smell” said
"They're nice and ripe, and so big! Yummy! (name), “It must be the patties mum made.”
Delicious! Just another one. And one more. Looking down at the basket full of patties little
This is the last. Well, this one Mmmm." red riding hood whilst looking left to
right, opened up the top of the basket gently
The red fruit peeped invitingly through the and took a giant sniff. “Ahhh they smell sooo
leaves in the grassy glade, and Little Red good.” So the young girl grabbed a beef pattie
Riding Hood ran back and forth popping from the basket and looked at it with desire.
strawberries into her mouth. Suddenly she “My precious” and then she ate one of the
remembered her mother, her patties with a joyful face. She then froze and
promise, Grandma and the basket and remembered what her mother said, and what
hurried back towards the path. The basket she did to her when she disobeyed her.
was still in the grass and, humming to
herself, Little Red Riding Hood walked on.

5. Complication Part 2
Original Adaptions
 The wood became thicker and thicker. Suddenly a Suddenly the woods and (name) was in the
yellow butterfly fluttered down through the trees. Little presence of a dark shadow that seemed like it was
Red Riding Hood started to chase the butterfly. following the young girl. But this did not stop
(name) from glancing at the basket full of patties
"I'll catch you! I'll catch you!" she called. Suddenly once again she couldn’t help herself and just
she saw some large daisies in the grass. gobbled up all of her Grandma Josephine’s patties
leaving only one left. “Mmmmm… These are so
"Oh, how sweet!" she exclaimed and, thinking of delicious!”
Grandma, she picked a large bunch of flowers. She began to wipe some of the crumbs on her
face, when she saw two wolf like pair of hands in
In the meantime, two wicked eyes were spying on the distance. (name) began to pace through the
her from behind a tree a strange rustling in the woods woods frightened. As she looked ahead she had
made Little Red Riding Hood's heart thump. realised she had gone onto another path in the
woods. “I need to find that path,” she exclaimed.
Now quite afraid she said to herself. "I must find the
path and run away from here!" Finally, she had found her original path but just
then her heart skipped a beat as she heard a dark
At last she reached the path again but her heart leapt voice which said: “Where you off too darling, you
into her mouth at the sound of a gruff voice which said: shouldn’t be out here by yourself and are those the
"Where are you going, my pretty girl, all alone in the smell of patties I'm sensing.”
woods?"

6. Complication Part 3
Original Adaptation
 "I'm taking Grandma some cakes. She lives “ I’ve got to take my Grandma Josephine some freshly
at the end of the path," said Little Riding baked patties.” said (name) in a joyful voice.
Hood in a faint voice.
When the wolf like man heard this he began to grin
When he heard this, the wolf (for it was the thinking that he will be able to steal the basket full of
big bad wolf himself) politely asked: "Does patties from (name). “Will you let me have one,” the man
Grandma live by herself?" said politely.
"Oh, yes," replied Little Red Riding Hood, “I can’t let you have any Mr I’m sorry they are for my
"and she never opens the door to strangers!" grandma.”
"Goodbye. Perhaps we'll meet again," Then the man suddenly began to look quite vicious when
replied the wolf. Then he loped away thinking he exclaimed “If they are for your Grandma Josephine
to himself "I'll gobble the grandmother first, then why are there all crumbs from the patties around
then lie in wait for the grandchild!" At last, the your mouth…? Hmmm??”
cottage came in sight. Knock! Knock! The
wolf rapped on the door. The girl began to process what had just been said and
was left in a sticky situation. So she ran for it, throwing
every object that she could find at the animalistic man
which only slowed him down for a short period of time.

7. Climax
Original Adaptation
 "What a deep voice you have," said the little (name) decided that she was going to run
girl in surprise. toward her Grandma Josephine's house near
the other end of the woods to try and escape.
"The better to greet you with," said the wolf.
However, once the man realised that (name)
"Goodness, what big eyes you have." is running towards her Grandmother’s he
instantly thought that there would be more
"The better to see you with."
patties which made his hunger even more
"And what big hands you have!" exclaimed incredible.
Little Red Riding Hood, stepping over to the
bed.
Her Grandmother had left the latch on the
"The better to hug you with," said the wolf. door so (name) ran straight in with the man
"What a big mouth you have," the little girl not far behind and ran upstairs to where she
murmured in a weak voice. saw her grandmother sleeping.
"The better to eat you with!" growled the
wolf, and jumping out of bed, he swallowed her “Grandma wake up I'm in trouble!!”
up too. Then, with a fat full tummy, he fell fast
asleep. She could hear the man sneaking up the
stairs gently which frightened her so she
rested the last patty beside her grandmother
so that if the wolf was to grab the basket
nothing would be in it.

8. Resolution
Original Adaptation
The wolf came bursting through the door only to find Grandma Josephine
 In the meantime, a hunter had
emerged from the wood, and on standing in front of him with a rage filled facial expression on her face.
noticing the cottage, he decided to
stop and ask for a drink. He had “Gulp,” the wolf said with absolute fear.
spent a lot of time trying to catch a
large wolf that had been terrorizing
the neighbourhood, but had lost its “Grandma how did you wake up so fast.” said (name) gently.
tracks. The hunter could hear a
strange whistling sound; it seemed
to be coming from inside the “You know I love patties grandchild the delicious smell will always wake
cottage. He peered through the me right up.” Said Grandma Josephine in a joyful voice.
window and saw the large wolf
himself, with a fat full As the two were conversing the man tried to grab the last patty quietly
tummy, snoring away in Grandma's until the Grandmother’s stern eyes looked at him with disappointment
bed. which lead to…. SMACK, CRASH and BANG!!
"The wolf! He won't get away this The Grandmother gave the man a good old fashioned beating causing the
time!" wolf like character to flee.
Without making a sound, the
hunter carefully loaded his gun and (name) jumped for joy as he left without his pride and gave her
gently opened the window. He grandmother the tightest hug.
pointed the barrel straight at the
wolf's head and BANG! The wolf
was dead. However, (name) happy attitude came to a vast end as her Grandmother
asked her “Where are the rest of my patties,” as she looked deep into the
basket and a quick glance at the crumbs on (name) mouth. (name) face
looked blank as Grandma Josephine shut the door leaving only them two
in the room so that (name) could get her so called reward for eating the
majority of the patties.